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Close Cooperation with Colombia
16.09.2022 - The SPK and the Colombian Embassy have begun discussions on two important masks of the Kogi indigenous people
Her Majesty on the Building Site
12.09.2022 - Whenever she visited Berlin, Queen Elizabeth II showed an interest in the Staatliche Museen. In 2004, former SPK President Klaus-Dieter Lehmann gave the Queen a tour of…
Generous Gift from the Marx Family
08.09.2022 - Professor Axel Marx and family donate important Beuys works from the Erich Marx Collection to the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
514 Berlin Benin bronzes return to Nigerian ownership
25.08.2022 - The "Benin bronzes" officially belong to Nigeria again. About a third of the transferred objects will remain on loan in Berlin and will be exhibited in the Humboldt Forum.
Shared Heritage: Craftsmen from Palau and Fiji at the Humboldt Forum
16.08.2022 - Starting in September, the Ethnologisches Museum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will be showcasing masterpieces of Oceanic architecture and boat building in its exhibition…
Restitution: Books of the French Politician Georges Mandel
15.07.2022 - Books from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and SLUB Dresden have been returned to the descendants of French politician Georges Mandel
Museum Berggruen: Travelling Exhibition and Renovation of the Stülerbau by 2025
07.07.2022 - The Museum Berggruen hits the road: travelling exhibition of major masterpieces by Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, and Klee to visit Japan, China, and Paris. Museum to close on…
Restitutions: Works Restored to the Descendants of Carl Heumann
04.07.2022 - Several German museums have returned a total of five works of art that originally belonged to the collection of Chemnitz banker Carl Heumann.
First German Return of "Benin Bronzes"
01.07.2022 - Commemorative head and relief plaque from the Ethnological Museum of the National Museums in Berlin
A Spirit of Optimism: 2021 Annual Report Released
01.07.2022 - “How will we build the future?” asks the recently published annual report of the SPK, which focuses on the internal changes underway at the Foundation and the people behind them.